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Fisheries Act 1996

Recordkeeping, reporting, disposal of fish, and provisions relating to taking and possession of fish for purpose of sale - When fish deemed to be taken or possessed for purposes of sale

194: Fish in fish farm deemed to be farmed and possessed for sale

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"Fish in a fish farm are assumed to be for sale"

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When you have fish, aquatic life, or seaweed in a fish farm, the law says it is for sale. You are assumed to be farming it to sell it, unless you can prove otherwise. This is how it works under the Fisheries Act 1996.

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Part 10Recordkeeping, reporting, disposal of fish, and provisions relating to taking and possession of fish for purpose of sale
When fish deemed to be taken or possessed for purposes of sale

194Fish in fish farm deemed to be farmed and possessed for sale

  1. For the purpose of this Act, all fish, aquatic life, or seaweed in, on, or transferred from any fish farm shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to be farmed, and to be possessed, for the purpose of sale.